Movies like No Rest for the Wicked
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No Rest for the Wicked (2011)
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Original name: No habrá paz para los malvados
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Madrid, the beginning of the century. One day, the police inspector Santos Trinidad coming home very drunk, is involved in a triple murder. But there is a witness who managed to escape and that could incriminate him. Santos undertakes an investigation to locate and eliminate the witness. Meanwhile, Chacón a judge in charge of investigating the triple murder, meticulously advances in the search for the murderer. Santos and Chacon soon discover that what seemed a simple case of drug trafficking is actually something far more dangerous.
Style:
neo noir, rough, bleak, realistic, mind bending, serious, suspenseful, thought provoking, captivating, noir ...
Plot:
police officer, murder, police investigation, investigation, dishonesty, murder witness, law enforcement, terrorism, violence, drugs, drug cartel, death, subway, gunfight, victim, judiciary, threat, evidence, secret past, crime scene, surveillance camera, clue, track down, suspense, lawyer ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
spain, madrid
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, serious and rough films with plots about law enforcement, murder, deadly, investigation, dishonesty, police investigation and danger mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like No Rest for the Wicked: Box 507 (2002), Reflections (2008), Shoot on Sight (2007), PTU: Police Tactical Unit (2003), Hyena (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Modesto (Antonio Resines), an honest and responsible professional, is a manager of a small bank branch in Costa del Sol. His daughter died in a forest fire which he had thought to be accidental. One day he wakes up in his bank, after being locked ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, rough, tense, serious ...
Audience:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Europol Agent Tom Brindle is called to Barcelona, Spain, to track down the notorious serial killer known as Pygmalion. A set of fingerprints lead to a young, volatile soldier, Marco Soler. Agent Brindle arrests Marco and intensely interrogates him, ...
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Time:
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Place:
spain, barcelona
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Tariq Ali, a Muslim police officer of Scotland Yard, is asked to hunt-down suspected suicide-bombers against the backdrop of July 7 bombings in London. Tariq's task gets complicated as an innocent Muslim is killed by the commando shooters of ...
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disturbing, rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
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terrorism, police investigation, life is a bitch, religions or cults, culture clash, investigation, husband wife relationship, murder, politics, death, gang, society ...
Time:
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Place:
england, london, europe, scotland yard
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Over the course of one night, a team of cops frantically search for their colleague's missing gun.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, neo noir, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police investigation, police detective, rivalry, partners against crime, gang, track down, investigation, goofy hero, murder, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, master criminal ...
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Good policing doesn't necessarily mean doing everything by the book. But as the business of crime in London turns to favour the Albanians and Turks, how does a "good" policeman survive?
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, gang, gangsters, murder, drug dealing, bad cop, police investigation, law enforcement, dishonesty, drugs, human trafficking, corruption ...
Time:
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Place:
london, england
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Madrid, summer 2011. Economic crisis. 15-M movement and 1.5 million pilgrims waiting for the Pope’s arrival live side by side in a Madrid that’s hotter and more chaotic than ever. In this context, detectives Velarde and Alfaro must find what ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, unusual plot structure, twisted ...
Plot:
serial killer, suspense, investigation, murder investigation, murder, police inspector, priest, pope, church, who done it, police officer, violence ...
Time:
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Place:
spain, madrid
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Detective Ben Simm's wife is killed, he has to learn to be both father and mother to his little girl while searching for a Vigilante that has his own sense of justice.
Style:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A police officer searching for his missing sister in Spain uncovers a terrorist cell.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
spain, europe, los angeles, usa, barcelona
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A police officer's partner has died during Hurricane Katrina, but he later discovers that his partner may have been murdered. An investigation follows, taking the officer and his new partner into the depths of the criminal underworld.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, bleak, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, investigation, police detective, undercover, law enforcement, chaos and mayhem, gunfight, ghetto, police, gangsters, nypd, gang ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Harry Woltz is a homicide cop with a gambling problem; a problem that leaves him owing a great deal of money to the Russell brothers. To clear the debt they ask him to train John Farrow to murder his wife, Evans, without leaving the usual clues or ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Mysteries keep revolving around Tam’s life.
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realistic, serious, atmospheric, stylized, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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disturbing, suspenseful, psychological, bleak, realistic ...
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Rembrandt Macy (Tom Berenger) is a maverick cop assigned to a case where the primary evidence is a woman's hand found in a pond. Investigators identify the dead, and Macy is lead into a young woman's past. Macy's primary path to ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway, Sweden, Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Karsten Aslaksen, chief engineer of a large chemical company, disappears without trace. His married lover, a successful politician named Vibeke Farang, approaches private investigator Varg Veum to track him down discreetly.
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A serial killer targeting the city's mobsters taunts police with clues and photos left behind at the crime scenes. A veteran cop takes on a rookie partner hoping to crack one last case before retiring. As the web of deception and lies unravels, ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A stripper at the club Studio Six is murdered. A political scandal takes off when the Minister of Commerce appears to have been at the club. He resigns - but only to hide an even bigger secret.
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In the former Czechoslovakia, 1950s, police captain Hakl investigates a jewelery robbery. An opened safe deposit leads to a known burglar. What seems an easy case soon starts to tangle. When he is called off the case, he continues on his own. The ...
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Plot:
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Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
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It is Midsummer's Eve and ten people are on a deserted castle for a TV recording. The next morning the program leader is shot dead. Kvällspressens Annika Bengtzon a mandate to monitor the murder, but she soon learns that her best friend Anne ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Country: Sweden, Germany
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Story:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Story:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The film story depicts Emile Buisson, following the death of his wife and child, escaping from a psychiatric institution in 1947 and returning to Paris. Buisson, who three years later would become France's public enemy number one, begins a ...
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Time:
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